Disclamer: Anything you recognize from either Maximum Ride (1, 2, or 3) is copyright James Patterson. Anything you recognize from either Harry Potter (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and [2 days! 7) is copyright J.K. Rowling.
Chapter One – Weirdos and Castles
Max's POV
"Come on! Hurry up," I exclaimed as the flock and I flew over the Atlantic. We were headed towards London (not my choice, but all the others wanted to go and I was out voted).
"I can't wait to see all the cool tourist attractions there. I read all about this GIANT Farris wheel called the eye. Do you think it's shaped like an eye? That might be kinda creepy while your walking by. It would be like, a giant eye thing just staring at you."
"I don't think it's shaped like an eye, Nudge. It's just a really big farris wheel. Don't get too hyped up about it." I looked over at Nudge's disappointed face and felt the guilt spread throughout me. I decided to skip the apology and keep on flying.
"Hey, look over there!" Gazzy pointed excitedly towards a gargantuan (hehe, new word) castle. I couldn't believe my eyes.
"What's it look like, Gazzy?" Once again I was reminded by the fact that Iggy was blind.
"Well... It's like... it's kinda like...you won't believe me, but-"
"Spit it OUT already!"
"It's like one of those castles you would see in a fairy-tale."
And unbelievably, Gazzy was right. I had never seen anything like this castle before. It was so grand and big that it seemed almost... magical. Next to the castle was a small town. Since it was getting late, I decided to tell the flock that we would be spending the night there. We all landed gracefully on top of the tallest tower. All of a sudden, I heard a school bell ring.
"This castle is a school?" Iggy could tell after going to the public school when we lived with Anne.
"I- I had no idea," I stuttered. "Who could tell? It seemed like a safe place."
Large groups of kids started swarming out of their classrooms. There was one weird thing about them: they all wore long black ROBES and pointed witch-like HATS. I raised my eyebrows in surprise. What kind of school was this? A weird wacko one, that was for sure. I looked over at the silent Fang to see his reaction to all the strange looking people. He could barely contain his laughter. Next to me, Angel was concentrating, probably trying to read the minds of the strange students.
Go ahead, Max. It's safe. There'll be no harm in meeting some new friends here... My voice assured me everything was okay, and so far, listening to my voice hadn't been a bad idea.
"Guys, I think it's a safe place. Lets go down there and ask some questions, 'kay?" I was pretty sure that there would be no harm in doing so, even though we wouldn't fit in at all. We took off again to find a nice place to meet the students.
